ἵμερος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ῑ], ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[longing]], [[yearning after]], c. gen. rei, [[σῖτος|σίτου]].. περὶ φρένας ἵμερος αἱρεῖ Il.11.89, etc.; <b class="b3">γόου ἵμερον ὦρσε</b> [[raise]]d [in them] a [[yearning]] after [[tear]]s, i.e. a [[desire]] of the [[soul]] to [[disburden]] itself in [[grief]], 23.14; ὑφ' ἵμερος ὦρτο γόοιο Od.16.215, etc.: with [[genitive]] obj. added, <b class="b3">πατρὸς ὑφ' ἵμερον ὦρσε γόοιο</b> [[for]] his [[father]], 4.113; [[ἵμερον ἔχειν]] = [[ἱμείρεσθαι]], c. inf., Hdt.5.106,7.43; ἵμερος ἔχει με.. ἰδεῖν S.''OC''1725 (lyr.), cf. Sapph.''Supp.''24.11; ἵ. ἐπείρεσθαί μοι ἐπῆλθέ Hdt.1.30, cf. 9.3; τῶν (''[[sc.]]'' [[δένδρον|δενδρέων]]) [[γλυκύς|γλυκὺς]] ἵμερος ἔσχεν.. φυτεῦσαι Pi.''O.''3.33: in plural, <b class="b3">πολλοὶ γὰρ εἰς ἓν ξυμπίτνουσιν ἵ.</b> various [[impulse]]s or [[emotion]]s, A. ''Ch.''299, cf. Phld.''Ir.''p.37 W., ''Piet.''20.<br><span class="bld">2</span> abs., [[desire]], [[love]], ὥς σεο νῦν ἔραμαι καί με γλυκὺς ἵ. αἱρεῖ Il.3.446; <b class="b3">δὸς νῦν μοι φιλότητα καὶ ἵ.</b> 14.198; δαμέντα φρένας ἱμέρῳ Pi.''O.''1.41, cf. Sapph.''Supp.''25.16; ἱμέρῳ [[πεπληγμένος]] A.''Ag.''544; ἱμέρου νικώμενος Id.''Supp.''1005, cf. ''Pr.''649, S.''Tr.''476, Ar.''Ra.''59; <b class="b3">βλεφάρων ἵμερος</b> S.''Ant.''796(lyr.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> personified, <b class="b3">Χάριτές τε καὶ Ἵ.</b> Hes.''Th.''64; Ἔρως.. χαρίτων, ἱμέρου, πόθου πατήρ [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 197d, cf. Luc.''DDeor.''20.15, [[Nonnus Epicus|Nonn.]] ''[[Dionysiaca|D.]]'' 1.68, al.<br><span class="bld">II</span> as adjective, only in neut. as adverb, ἵμερον αὐλήσαντι ''AP''9.266 (Antip.); <b class="b3">ἵμερα μελίζεσθαι, ἵμερα δακρῦσαι</b>, ib.7.30 (Antip. Sid.), 364 (Marc. Arg.).—Poet., exc. in Pl. and Ion. and later Prose, as Hdt. ll. cc., Hp.Aër. 22, Phld. ll. cc., ''Acad.Ind.''p.56M. (sometimes derived fr. is-mero-, cf. Skt. iṣṭás '[[desired]]', iṣmás '[[god]] of [[love]]', but Aeol. texts have [[ἴμερος]], [[ἰμέρρω]], never <b class="b3">ἰμμ-</b>; cf. ἡμερτόν· ἐπέραστον, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]] ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]).)